1 00:00:00.225 --> 00:00:00.765 Hey everyone. 2 00:00:00.765 --> 00:00:01.765 Alison Berger here. 3 00:00:01.825 --> 00:00:05.245 I'm at the B2B Finance Expo in Las Vegas now joined 4 00:00:05.245 --> 00:00:07.325 with Daniel Nevsky from Aspire 5 00:00:07.325 --> 00:00:08.965 Funding. How's it been going? 6 00:00:09.385 --> 00:00:10.525 Uh, so far so good. 7 00:00:10.585 --> 00:00:11.325 You know, we're growing, 8 00:00:11.325 --> 00:00:12.565 we're moving in the right direction. 9 00:00:12.675 --> 00:00:14.885 It's good to be at another one of these, uh, banked events. 10 00:00:15.625 --> 00:00:17.485 So what's changed since I saw you in May? 11 00:00:18.145 --> 00:00:21.445 Um, so we put a lot of focus, um, on our technology 12 00:00:21.865 --> 00:00:24.485 and we have a new CRM product that's coming out. 13 00:00:24.945 --> 00:00:26.125 Um, we uh, 14 00:00:26.185 --> 00:00:29.445 we actually got a new lease on an office space, so there's that too. 15 00:00:29.445 --> 00:00:31.605 Congratulations. Thank you so much. Yeah. 16 00:00:31.945 --> 00:00:33.725 And um, you know, we're signing up new ISOs, 17 00:00:33.725 --> 00:00:36.565 we're funding more deals and, um, you know, it's, uh, 18 00:00:36.915 --> 00:00:38.285 it's been, you know, it's been good, 19 00:00:38.285 --> 00:00:39.765 you know, challenging too, for sure. 20 00:00:39.985 --> 00:00:42.245 But, uh, you know, it's been, uh, it's been fun. 21 00:00:42.825 --> 00:00:44.005 That's what we want. We need 22 00:00:44.005 --> 00:00:45.845 to have fun even though we're working hard. You gotta 23 00:00:45.845 --> 00:00:46.485 Try. You gotta try. 24 00:00:47.045 --> 00:00:49.285 Absolutely. So, in case people missed our last video in 25 00:00:49.285 --> 00:00:51.725 our chat together, tell people about Aspire funding. 26 00:00:52.115 --> 00:00:54.485 Sure. So we're, uh, we're a newer company, um, 27 00:00:54.785 --> 00:00:57.085 but we have between all of us, multiple years 28 00:00:57.145 --> 00:00:59.045 and, you know, I've been in the industry for 10 years 29 00:00:59.065 --> 00:01:00.645 and all the other guys that I've been doing business 30 00:01:00.645 --> 00:01:03.445 with have at at least six or seven years under their belts. 31 00:01:03.585 --> 00:01:05.405 We have five separate teams of underwriters 32 00:01:05.405 --> 00:01:06.805 that all fund together under the same roof. 33 00:01:06.825 --> 00:01:08.725 So it really gives us, you know, allows us 34 00:01:08.725 --> 00:01:10.245 to like cast a wide net on the 35 00:01:10.245 --> 00:01:11.405 types of deals that we're gonna fund. 36 00:01:11.585 --> 00:01:13.645 We try to be easy to go, you know, easy to deal with 37 00:01:13.945 --> 00:01:15.045 and uh, you know, we're willing to 38 00:01:15.285 --> 00:01:16.405 work on deals and stuff like that. 39 00:01:16.405 --> 00:01:19.005 We try to take a holistic view, you know, 40 00:01:19.005 --> 00:01:21.005 and, you know, try to fund industries 41 00:01:21.005 --> 00:01:22.605 that maybe other people don't wanna look at. 42 00:01:22.665 --> 00:01:26.005 You know, construction, trucking, lawyers, stuff like that. 43 00:01:26.035 --> 00:01:28.045 Like, you know, if there, if it's a fundable deal, 44 00:01:28.045 --> 00:01:29.125 we'll do it, you know, so. 45 00:01:29.475 --> 00:01:32.165 Well, I was gonna say, that's so far you're been easy 46 00:01:32.165 --> 00:01:34.125 to deal with and so I wanna know. 47 00:01:34.665 --> 00:01:36.525 That's good. So who's, 48 00:01:36.605 --> 00:01:38.165 I wanna know more about who's coming to you. 49 00:01:38.985 --> 00:01:41.925 Um, I mean, we do the A minus through C minus space, 50 00:01:41.935 --> 00:01:44.845 which, you know, like it's a pretty saturated space. 51 00:01:44.925 --> 00:01:46.165 I think I've said that in the last one. 52 00:01:46.165 --> 00:01:48.365 You know, you know, it's a, just looking around over here, 53 00:01:48.365 --> 00:01:49.965 that's what 90% of this area does. 54 00:01:50.065 --> 00:01:52.005 So, you know, you gotta stay competitive. 55 00:01:52.225 --> 00:01:54.325 Um, you know, we pay competitive commissions. 56 00:01:54.345 --> 00:01:56.005 We allow brokers to add, you know, 57 00:01:56.005 --> 00:01:58.485 their fees onto our contracts, which is good for us 58 00:01:58.485 --> 00:02:00.605 because it at least allows us to know what's being charged. 59 00:02:00.625 --> 00:02:02.285 And it, you know, allows us to be as transparent 60 00:02:02.285 --> 00:02:03.965 with the merchant as that, you know, as possible. 61 00:02:04.305 --> 00:02:07.325 Um, and it also allows the brokers opportunity to, you know, 62 00:02:07.415 --> 00:02:09.165 maybe charge a fee where they wouldn't be able to, 63 00:02:09.305 --> 00:02:12.485 and you know, and, um, I think that people appreciate that 64 00:02:12.485 --> 00:02:14.565 and they, you know, uh, we've had good feedback 65 00:02:14.585 --> 00:02:16.085 and uh, you know, we're a simple process. 66 00:02:16.265 --> 00:02:18.765 We try to, you know, make sure that everything's crossed off 67 00:02:18.765 --> 00:02:20.165 so by the time the contracts go out, 68 00:02:20.165 --> 00:02:21.965 like they're definitely gonna fund, you don't have to deal 69 00:02:21.965 --> 00:02:23.885 with any last minute kind of headaches. 70 00:02:23.885 --> 00:02:25.125 We do all the underwriting, you know, 71 00:02:25.125 --> 00:02:26.405 final underwriting prior to that. 72 00:02:26.825 --> 00:02:29.485 And, uh, it's a very, it's a very good flow, you know, 73 00:02:29.585 --> 00:02:30.685 So I feel the flow. 74 00:02:30.865 --> 00:02:33.405 So what are you flowing into this week at the expo? 75 00:02:33.985 --> 00:02:35.245 Um, I got here this morning, 76 00:02:35.345 --> 00:02:37.685 so I'm operating on like very little sleep right now. 77 00:02:38.205 --> 00:02:39.525 I couldn't tell. You're doing great, really. 78 00:02:39.525 --> 00:02:41.125 Okay. Thank you. I appreciate that feedback. 79 00:02:41.265 --> 00:02:42.565 Um, trying to hold it together. 80 00:02:43.145 --> 00:02:45.365 Um, but yeah, you know, just, uh, trying to meet people. 81 00:02:45.365 --> 00:02:47.125 There's always new faces. You bump into a lot 82 00:02:47.125 --> 00:02:49.685 of the same people as you do in, in previous ones, 83 00:02:49.685 --> 00:02:52.045 so it's always good to, you know, see those guys, I'm, 84 00:02:52.045 --> 00:02:53.565 you know, friends with a lot of people in the industry, 85 00:02:53.565 --> 00:02:56.125 so it's always fun to, you know, hang out with them 86 00:02:56.125 --> 00:02:57.485 and stuff like that and to meet new people 87 00:02:57.485 --> 00:02:59.365 and hopefully, you know, network a bunch 88 00:02:59.385 --> 00:03:01.365 and hopefully sign up, you know, new ISOs 89 00:03:01.365 --> 00:03:03.085 and, you know, help, uh, you know, 90 00:03:03.195 --> 00:03:04.925 establish the Aspire funding 91 00:03:05.205 --> 00:03:06.525 platform presence here at Broker Fair. 92 00:03:06.665 --> 00:03:07.765 And have things to celebrate. 93 00:03:08.325 --> 00:03:09.525 Absolutely. For Sure. Well, thank you 94 00:03:09.525 --> 00:03:10.845 for spending some time with me again. 95 00:03:11.145 --> 00:03:13.245 And there's still more to come from the B2B Finance, 96 00:03:13.275 --> 00:03:14.285 finance Expo.